Born in Japan and trained at The Haiyuza Theatre Company Acting School and Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music, he later founded the Black Tent Theatre troupe before becoming the Royal Shakespeare Company’s first Japanese member in 1986. His screen work spans high-profile films such as Revolver, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Last Samurai and A Matter of Size, as well as supporting roles in Johnny En…
